Ekalavya Khanal

Ekalavya Khanal (19 March 1966-29 June 1998) was a member of the Communist Party of Nepal (UCPN) during the Nepalese Civil War.

Biography
Ekalavya Khanal was born on 19 March 1966 in Pida, a village 17 miles west of the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu. Khanal worked as a farmer, and he became an advocate for workers' rights, taking part in strikes against landowners. Khanal joined the Maoist Communist Party of Nepal in 1996 and took part in several group actions, including the murder of Paras Gajurel in 1997 and Janak Pageni in 1998. On 29 June 1998, Khanal was killed in a firefight with the Royal Nepalese Army near Kathmandu.